Ten-Mile Road Map of Great Britain
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| Publisher: | Ordnance Survey | ||
| Scale: | 1:625,000 | ||
| First Published: | 1932 | ||
| Final Publication: | 1956 | ||
| SABRE Maps layer: | Yes | ||
The Ten-Mile Road Map of Great Britain series were official maps showing classified roads.
The maps were conceptually similar to the earlier Ministry of Transport Road Maps in that they were standard OS sheets with a specific overlay - on the 1930s maps for example, 'A' roads were overlaid red, and 'B' roads in blue. As in the MOT Road Maps, they displayed as many classified roads as were practical, although their larger scale meant that shorter link roads were less well marked.
They covered Great Britain in two sheets, with Sheet 1 covering Scotland, and England south to roughly a line joining Ravenglass on the Cumberland coast with Ravenscar on the Yorkshire side. Some urban areas (depending on the map) were given expanded coverage, with only Glasgow and London being shown on the 1946 edition.
The first set of maps appear to have been published in 1932, with several editions following - though not all editions featured both sheets. The 1948 edition, for example, only has Sheet 2, with no equivalent Sheet 1. In 1964 they were replaced by the Ordnance Survey Route Planning Map at the same scale.
The series should not be confused with the Ten Mile Map series at the same scale.
The equivalent maps for Northern Ireland are the Road Map of Northern Ireland.
SABRE Maps coverage
SABRE Maps has full coverage of the 1932, 1939, 1946 and 1956 editions, as well as Sheet 1 from the 1944 edition.
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